Apps that I want to automatically launch at login I add to sys prefs Accounts/Login Items. Is this the best way or should I simply put apps into /Users/cj/Library/StartupItems? Any pros cons to this approach?



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/07/2009 09:12AM by yeoman.

Always heard the former was the way to go. Never heard of the latter, but feels like it might gunk thing up.

My $0.02.

Are you talking about manually adding these items? Or adding them through System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items and clicking the +?

I always use the Sys Prefs method.

Fred Also

Do not mess with the StartupItems folder. It is a specialized resource for developer use only.

[developer.apple.com]

Remember when there were Startup Items and Shutdown Items folders we could add stuff to?

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